So I was all excited about the launch of Fox Business Channel this morning. Actually, no, that’s not true: I’d forgotten all about it until I saw an e-mail this morning from an editor at Time.com asking me and/or Poniewozik to check it out.
But I was at least interested when I turned the TV to find the new channel that’s going to bring …
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (there is no actual “Nobel Prize” in economics) today to Leonid Hurwicz of the University of Minnesota, Eric S. Maskin of the Institute for Advanced Study and Roger B. Myerson of the University of Chicago “for …
Thanks to Time.com and Justin’s lending me his space, I’ve had the chance to guest blog here for a week. In my last entry, I’d like to take a shot at some thoughts about blogging itself.
A friend of mine who asked not to be named calls blogging “Journalist’s Crack.” Blogging, by which I mean doing-opinion heavy quick hits (it can mean …
For those who want to delve into the intricacies of subprime mortgage math, my item on subprime mortgages garnered some reaction, including an item from Felix Salmon at Portfolio.com seems to have taken up the challenge of proving that my view is nothing less than evil. Felix’s central objection is that most subprime loans were …
[Update: to view the promo in question, go to my Oct. 19 post–thanks to reader Batsheva who pointed me to the link.]
Toward the end of 30 Rock last night, Jerry Seinfeld appeared on screen to promote his upcoming animated film Bee Movie. I’m not a fan, but whatever.
Here’s how the promo goes. Seinfeld and someone who looks like …
The Associated Press has a story about about a man stopped trying to leave Italy with a $500 million check. It’s not clear exactly what kind of check; the implication is that it’s a cashier’s check, or the Italian equivalent. And the other implication is that it’s real. Says the Associated Press story:
The man sought to enter
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At the risk of turning away even more of the potential audience, I want to take a couple of minutes to talk about … Aristotle. Yes, the Greek philosopher. Which (if you’re counting) makes this entry even less timely than the one about the Jamestown colony.
On Sept. 19, I threw up a post titled, “Really dumb excuses when calling in sick.” It was triggered by this footballer in England who had just caused a ruckus by abandoning an important match for what he said was his grandmother’s death. Turned out his girlfriend had miscarried–certainly tragedy enough to stay home–but the couple, in …
I steal this post headline from my friend Gerry, who sends me a link to the New York Times article from yesterday titled: “Picky Eaters? They Get It From You.”
It begins with a scene I know well:
A WEEK’S worth of dinners for young Fiona Jacobson looks like this: Noodles. Noodles. Noodles. Noodles. French fries. Noodles. On the
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If you’ve read anything about business in the last couple of months, and I’ll work under the assumption that almost all the readers of this blog have to avoid repeating all the sordid details, you know about the subprime mess. The basic story line goes like this:
Irresponsible and unscrupulous bankers offered borrowers loans at high …
… as long as you don’t mind losing everything every once in a while. The thought occurred to me as I read the profile of hedge fund manager Victor Niederhoffer in the New Yorker this week. As the profile was being written, Niederhoffer’s flagship hedge fund blew up. And this wasn’t the first time. Niederhoffer, a man who is probably …
Okay, so it’s self-serving. All political ads are, aren’t they? But this one’s truly clever. It shows Richardson, former New Mexico guv, seated at an interviewer’s desk. The interviewer lists off Richardson’s accomplishments like it’s a grocery list: “…achieved peace in Darfur, nominated four times for Noble Peace Prize…” Blah, blah, …
